I'm slowly narrowing down years worth of recipes that have been either bookmarked, earmarked, tabbed with a sticky note, or written on a scrap of paper found at the bottom of my junk drawer. So far, these are what I've finally decided to make.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

And that's where they go! Straight to your hips! These are hip hugger bars! My in-laws gave me the recipe several years ago in a secret mission attempt to make me weigh 300lbs. Lucky for me it didn't work. Although, they are hard to resist! These are a soft oatmeal base with a creamy chocolate layer and MORE oatmeal mix on top. They require butter, chocolate and sweetened condensed milk. AND a treadmill. OR strong willpower. Make them - try ONE - then give them away!

5. Pour the most awesome mixture of chocolate onto the oatmeal base. Then break up the reminding 1/3rd over the top in little chunks. Covering what you can. It will spread- SOME.

* I've started to deviate from the recipe here. Lately I've been going back and mixing up a 1/2 batch of the oatmeal to put on top and spreading the entire initial batch onto a 9x13 to give it a deeper crust. Personally I like it that way. Just 1/2 the base recipe for the topping. To get the 1/2 egg it'd call for- I scramble one up and dump 1/2ish in. Scientific I know. But it's rather hard to screw up the recipe here trust me I can make this in my sleep!

6. Since we're back on track and we've 'sprinkled' the remaining topping on the chocolate layer pop that baby into the oven for 20-25minutes until the topping looks lightly golden.

7. Cool COMPLETELY on a wire rack before cutting. It makes a horrific mess if not. Trust me. Get a LARGE glass of milk and indulge later.

Makes 20ish bars. IF you are lucky enough to store - room temp in a sealed container up to 3 days is good.

Hello! Found you on Foodgawker, I think ... Anyway, thanks so much for sharing your hip-hugger bars with us! You've brought back to me so much of my fond memories in the States. My American grandma makes these a lot for church events! Though she uses an old recipe by an Iowa lady, which she got from another church cookbook, the bars have become her signature! Your recipe looks similar to hers! Thank you!

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I'm a stay at home Mom to two amazing little boys who make me just as crazy as they fill my heart with joy. I've got a great husband who supports me in all that I tackle. I am addicted to shopping (but I use coupons!), baking is a big passion and anything that's overall fun in the kitchen (sans the mess) is where I'm happy at. I'm tackling the recipe 'to do' list and blogging all the while.
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